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Job Description
Conduct energy audits of buildings, building systems, or process systems. May also conduct investment grade audits of buildings or systems.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 13-1199.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Energy Auditors”.
Also Known As…
- Energy Auditors
- Residential Energy Auditor
- Quality Assurance Supervisor
- Home Performance Consultant
- Home Energy Rater
- Energy Rater
- Energy Consultant
- Energy Auditor
- Building Performance Specialist
- Building Performance Consultant
- Building Energy Consultant
- Resource Efficiency Manager
- Resource Conservation Manager
- Home Energy Inspector
- Home Energy Auditor
- Energy Control Officer
- Energy Conservation Technician
- Energy Conservation Representative
- Energy Audit Advisor
- Energy Analyst
- Commercial Energy Rater
- Commercial Energy Auditor
- Certified Energy Manager
Tasks for “Energy Rater”
- Verify income eligibility of participants in publicly financed weatherization programs.
- Analyze energy bills including utility rates or tariffs to gather historical energy usage data.
- Perform tests such as blower-door tests to locate air leaks.
- Collect and analyze field data related to energy usage.
- Compare existing energy consumption levels to normative data.
- Prepare job specification sheets for home energy improvements, such as attic insulation, window retrofits, or heating system upgrades.
- Identify any health or safety issues related to planned weatherization projects.
- Inspect newly installed energy-efficient equipment to ensure that it was installed properly and is performing according to specifications.
- Inspect or evaluate building envelopes, mechanical systems, electrical systems, or process systems to determine the energy consumption of each system.
- Oversee installation of equipment such as water heater wraps, pipe insulation, weatherstripping, door sweeps, or low flow showerheads to improve energy efficiency.
- Examine commercial sites to determine the feasibility of installing equipment that allows building management systems to reduce electricity consumption during peak demand periods.
- Recommend energy efficient technologies or alternate energy sources.
- Analyze technical feasibility of energy saving measures using knowledge of engineering, energy production, energy use, construction, maintenance, system operation, or process systems.
- Identify opportunities to improve the operation, maintenance, or energy efficiency of building or process systems.
- Prepare audit reports containing energy analysis results or recommendations for energy cost savings.
- Quantify energy consumption to establish baselines for energy use or need.
- Measure energy usage with devices such as data loggers, universal data recorders, light meters, sling psychrometers, psychrometric charts, flue gas analyzers, amp probes, watt meters, volt meters, thermometers, or utility meters.
- Determine patterns of building use to show annual or monthly needs for heating, cooling, lighting, or other energy needs.
- Educate customers on energy efficiency or answer questions on topics such as the costs of running household appliances or the selection of energy efficient appliances.
- Identify and prioritize energy saving measures.
- Calculate potential for energy savings.
Related Technology & Tools
- Electronic hygrothermometers
- Tablet computers
- Carbon monoxide detectors
- Combustible gas monitors
- Volt meters
- Handheld digital thermometers
- Duct probe velometers
- Insolation meters
- Flue gas analyzers
- Wattmeters
- Water flow meters
- Digital infrared thermometers
- Two way radios
- Digital video cameras
- Light meters
- Sling psychrometers
- Manometers
- Smoke pens
- Computer data input scanners
- Draft gauges
- Heating system combustion analyzers
- Smoke generators
- Electricity monitors
- Blower doors
- Digital multimeters
- Carbon dioxide CO2 testers
- Laptop computers
- Recording anemometers
- Digital still cameras
- Personal computers
- Air current testers
- Infrared cameras
- Dataloggers
- Electrical circuit tracers
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Excel
- Abraxas Energy Consulting Metrix
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Stellar Processes EZ Sim
- Federal Renewable Energy Screening Assistant FRESA
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Program for Energy Analysis of Residences PEAR
- Architectural Energy Corporation ENFORMA Building Diagnostics
- MotorMaster+
- Microsoft .NET Framework
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Publisher
- Autodesk ECOTECT
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Elite Software Energy Audit
- Structured query language SQL
- SAS
- EffTec EffTrack
- Trane TRACE
- Python
- SPSS
- Microsoft Word
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- Microsoft MapPoint
- Architectural Energy Corporation VisualDOE
- Architectural Energy Corporation REM/Rate
- Good Steward Software EnergyCAP
- Itron Enterprise Energy Management EEM Suite
- UNIX
- Microsoft Access
- The Weatherization Assistant
- Enercom Energy Depot for Business
- Enercom Energy Depot for Homes
- dBASE
- Facility Energy Decision Systems FEDS
- Microsoft Office
- DesignBuilder Software DesignBuilder
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Psychrometric chart software
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro
- Home Energy Efficient Design HEED
- Performance Systems Development TREAT
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Microsoft Outlook
- Energy Efficient Rehab Advisor
- Cool Roof Calculator
- Fundamental Objects foAudits
- Fielding Data Labs OptoMizer
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- R
- Linux
- SAP
- C++
- InterEnergy Software Building Energy Analyzer PRO
- Onset Computer Corporation HOBOware
- Retrofit Energy Savings Estimation Model RESEM
- EnergyPlus